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WHEREAS each person and family are different, having their own culture, language, life circumstances and health history;
WHEREAS each person and family deserve the best quality care and health outcomes—we need to gather the data and pay attention to gaps in quality of care;
WHEREAS many persons and families face obstacles to good care and health outcomes, including lack of insurance, low income, poor housing, inadequate education and health care attitudes—we need to work with our patients, communities and leaders to direct resources and policies to reduce those obstacles;
BE IT RESOLVED that the MAFP is dedicated to respecting and acknowledging the differences, promoting quality for all and addressing the obstacles (personal and social) for each and all our patients and our communities;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we will continue to advocate with our public and private institutions for the science and data we need to best treat our variety of patients and close all quality gaps;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we will work with our educational institutions to ensure a workforce that reflects our diverse Minnesota people and that each student and resident physician gain the skills to address differences, quality and obstacles for each of their patients;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we will educate and advocate for our politicians to provide the environment, resources and laws to address the differences, obstacles and gaps in quality for each and all Minnesotans.
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Comments in support (4)
Macaran Baird – Patients from all backgrounds deserve respectful treatment and positive environments in which to accept good care.
Dave Bucher – I support the spirit of the resolution, but may need some editing at the Resolution Forum.
Kim Krohn – We should be on record to maximally support all of our patients, community members, and colleagues.
Chris Reif – (I am the author). I prefer a resolution that claims allegiance to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion as essential to correct diagnosis and care. And I believe it’s best to identify areas of diversity – race, class, genders, immigration status, religion, language, education. And then to identify obstacles to equality of health – racism, patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, white supremacy, white Christian nationalism, fascism. And then to identify the challenges of Inclusion – universal health care, language, poverty, microaggressions, power imbalance, work force diversity, etc. However, with reactionary politicians seeking to purge all efforts at DEI, I think it is strategic to name our important clinical efforts as “Differences, Quality, Obstacles.”
Comments against (2)
Thomas Seaworth – References as to differences are a bit vague but regardless we need to take care of all patients. How this applies to medical education is too vague. We need to be careful we don’t pass resolutions that allow anyone to make their far right or far left political agendas a responsibility of our medical educators.
Glenn Nemec – There is already a commitment by MAFP/AAFP to address various forms of bias and while there is no doubt we have a lot of work left to do, I don’t know that this resolution opens any new ground.
